Some western birds at Oak Point Nature Preserve.
Left: A distant Red-shafted Flicker (female)
Right: Western Meadowlark
| About 200 Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) flew over in two flocks in the early afternoon, A few dark morph birds ("Blue Goose") can be seen here, and with the flock were a couple of smaller Ross' Goose (Chen rossi). | |
| A female hummingbird approached the seed feeder at the Outdoor Learning Center. Most likely a Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus). | |
| Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | |
| Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) | |
| Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) | |
| Abundant this fall: Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus) yellow-shafted race | |
Some western birds at Oak Point Nature Preserve. |
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| Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) | |
| Southern Spreadwing (Lestes australis) | |
| Southern Spreadwing (Lestes australis) | |
| bracket fungus | |
| Anglepod (Matelea gonocarpos) seed pod | |
| Bushy Bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) | |